Messages on Spiritual Growth
The Journey Home: U – Turn
In this week’s message from The Journey Home series, Pastor Ryan digs into one of the most misunderstood words in the Christian faith — repentance. It’s not just feeling bad when you get caught, and it’s definitely not trying harder through willpower and self-improvement. True biblical repentance, or metanoia in the Greek, means a complete 180-degree shift in how you see everything — God, yourself, and the world around you. And here’s the part that changes everything: you can’t do…
The Journey Home: Dead End
Just like carbon monoxide — odorless, colorless, and silently deadly — sin causes damage you don’t see coming until it’s too late. In this message, Pastor Ryan walks through five real consequences of sin straight from Scripture: it separates us from God, it enslaves us in patterns we can’t break on our own, it places us under God’s righteous wrath, it leaves us spiritually dead — unable to fix ourselves no matter how hard we try — and perhaps most dangerously, it deceives usinto thinking none of…
The Journey Home: Wrong Way
🛣️ Life is a highway — but what happens when we’re heading the wrong way? In this message we tackle one of the most misunderstood topics in the Christian faith — sin. Using the hilarious scene from Planes, Trains & Automobiles, it paints a picture of how sin blinds us to the fact that we’re going the wrong direction — and how we often don’t even realize it until years later. You’ll discover what the Bible really means by sin…
The God Of Life
We spend a lot of time and money trying to hold onto life — but have you ever stopped to ask where life actually comes from? This Mother’s Day, we trace the thread of life through the pages of Scripture: from the moment God breathed life into the first human being, to the holy calling of motherhood, to the eternal life Jesus makes available to every one of us.
Rise Up and Follow Jesus
Discover what Jesus actually called us to do – and it might surprise you. Many Christians focus on being good or completing programs, but Jesus had a different invitation entirely. This message explores the crucial difference between following Jesus from a distance versus true discipleship and what it really means to take up your cross daily.Learn about the two main ways we fall short as followers of Christ and how to avoid these common mistakes. Whether you’re falling behind Jesus…
Losing Jesus
Imagine being entrusted to babysit a very important person’s child… and then losing that child… for days. That’s what happened to Joseph and Mary when Jesus was twelve years old. The story almost sounds unimaginable, yet each of us can easily experience this tragedy in our own lives when we slowly lose our fervor for Jesus, and just like the church at Ephesus, lose our first love.
God Sends Help
What if the most underused resource in your Christian life is the one Jesus said was essential? In this message, we’re exploring why Jesus was so insistent about sending the Holy Spirit—and it goes way beyond speaking in tongues or warm fuzzy feelings. Whether you grew up in a church that emphasized the Spirit or one that barely mentioned Him, most Christians today are missing out on what Jesus actually promised: daily access to God’s presence AND supernatural power to…
All In With Your Money
Money talks—and it reveals what truly matters to you. Whether it’s kids’ sports, home decor, or savings accounts, your spending shows your values. So if you say you’re ALL IN on God, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. This isn’t about the church getting more—it’s about YOU growing closer to God through generous giving. From the Old Testament tithe that supported temple ministry to New Testament believers supporting Jesus and Paul’s work, giving has always been…
All In: Give God Your Mess
Did you know God wants us to bring Him our mess—not just our best? He wants to be our counselor with whom we share our fears (being let down), failures (letting others down), and faults (letting God down). While our sinful nature tells us to hide, blame, and protect ourselves like Adam did, our new nature in Christ calls us to confess, surrender, and humble ourselves like King David. Using the beautiful Japanese art of Kintsugi as an illustration, discover…
All In With Your Talents
This challenging message urges everyone who considers themself to be part of this church family to find a way to use the gifts God has given them to help us move forward in our mission to share Jesus with our community. Just like the Levites in Numbers 4 who each carried part of the tabernacle through the wilderness, our growing church needs everyone to find their role and use their God-given talents. We discuss the growing number of ways you…